Priscilla Darley: Hoping that noise won't be an issue at La Puerta

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Priscilla Darley: Hoping that noise won't be an issue at La Puerta102605 letters3Athens Banner-HeraldAs an eastside resident for 36 years, I agree that the real issue surrounding the proposed La Puerta del Sol restaurant is probably noise. However, the only residential area that is very close to the restaurant's proposed Cedar Shoals Drive location is Spring Lake apartments.--> Priscilla Darley: Hoping that noise won't be an issue at La Puerta | | Story updated at 12:11 AM on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 As an eastside resident for 36 years, I agree that the real issue surrounding the proposed La Puerta del Sol restaurant is probably noise. However, the only residential area that is very close to the restaurant's proposed Cedar Shoals Drive location is Spring Lake apartments.

I understand that restaurateur Bruno Rubio, who is behind the La Puerta proposal, is from Peru. I hope the music he plans for his restaurant is similar to the wonderful Andean music I heard in Ecuador last spring.

A typical Andean musical group consisted of a guitar, flute, drum and a rattle-type rhythm instrument. These groups were non-amplified and more like a quartet or quintet than a band. They weren't very loud. I would imagine a home football game across the street at Cedar Shoals High School produces a lot more noise.